Government Revenue Mobilization — UNU-WIDER

🔍 Understanding how governments raise revenue (direct/indirect taxes and other sources) is central to fiscal capacity and development.

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🧭 Objective

Offer a clear, comparative view of revenue structures over time to support fiscal analysis and policy discussions.

📊 Visualization

🧰 Methodology & Data

• Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (latest available)
• Period: ~1980–2022 (coverage varies by country)
• Tools: R, Shiny, tidyverse, plotly, DT
• Features:
  • Time-series exploration by country/region
  • Decomposition by tax type (direct, indirect, trade, other)
  • Side-by-side comparisons and exportable tables

🎯 Applications

• Support Ministries of Finance in monitoring mobilization
• Provide analysts/researchers with quick comparative insights
• Serve students/practitioners learning public finance

🗓 Completion

April 2025